Veteran tough guy actor Harvey Keitel has signed up to star as chat show host Jerry Springer in a musical on the New York stage.

Keitel, best known for roles in movies including Taxi Driver, Bad Lieutenant and Reservoir Dogs, will play the TV star in Jerry Springer - The Opera In Concert for two nights only in January.

The musical will be staged at Carnegie Hall on 28 and 30 January.

Jazz songstress Amy Winehouse credits husband Blake Fielder-Civil for saving her life after collapsing from a drug overdose.

The troubled star, 24, was rushed to a London hospital on August after a night of heavy partying.

And she insists she wouldn’t have made it if it wasn’t for her husband of five months, Fielder-Civil.

Actress Natalie Portman has compiled an album of 16 of her favourite songs to raise money for charity.

The Closer star has selected tracks by artists including Norah Jones, Devendra Banhart and The Shins for the disc, the proceeds from which will go to FINCA International, an organisation that provides financial services to low-income entrepreneurs.

The album, Big Change: Songs For FINCA, will be available to buy on website iTunes from October 30.